yorkie luv

I have a little Gracie and juki machine. I have done, 10, king size quilts. The biggest problem that I have is getting it rolled tight enough to be able to make it through to the end. I have a 5 inch tall pattern that I use, and by the time I get to the end, I can just barely fit the pattern. So my advice is: to roll it very very tight on the take up rod. I also keep a flashlight and mirror hand so I can check the underside as xI go along. I have already gotten to the end and found that the thread was a mess and had to tear out an entire row of stitching.

I can only go about 1 and 1/4 rows on one bobbin, so have started just changing the bobbin at the end of each row. It wastes some thread but saves a lot of time. I need about 30 bobbins to do one king size quilt, so I plan to get more bobbins because stopping halfway through to wind bobbins is a real pain.

I would like to hear of other's experiences and helpful hints also.